We know that Jay Bruce is a power hitter, he has regularly slugged home runs his entire career. However, there is more to him than just home runs, and with the analysis of his batted balls we can discover deeper patterns over the course of his career that appear to offer very good reasons for optimism in the 2017 season.

The Marlins brought in their center field fences for the 2016 season, which was met with much skepticism regarding whether they had brought in the fences enough, or in the right places. I present some analysis of the new dimensions, and perhaps insight into why they were changed in this manner.